The moss, Physcomitrella patens, transformed with apoaequorin cDNA responds to cold shock, mechanical perturbation and pH with transient increases in cytoplasmic calcium

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Russell, A J ^a   Knight, M R ^b   Cove, D J ^c   Knight, C D ^c   Trewavas, A J ^d   Wang, T L ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aequorin; Calcium; Moss; Mutant; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

AEQUORIN; APOAEQUORIN; APOPROTEIN; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PH;

AEQUORIN; APOPROTEINS; BRYOPSIDA; CALCIUM; COLD; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030139945     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01969705     Document Type: Article

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